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49-way Centering
Brewser:
--- Quote from: KenToad on July 03, 2005, 12:08:45 pm ---Hey Brewser,
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markrvp:
KenToad:
Have you tried using the rubberbands underneath like 1up did? This looks like it may help. I'm going to try it as soon as I get a chance.
Kremmit:
To improve playabillity until your centering grommets get broken in, you could increase the analog deadzone through the windows control panel. Make the deadzone big enough, and the first level of sensitivity on the 49-way will be ignored.
You'd have to put your GP49 into Raw49 mode, which would make 4-way games suck, but if you can find some 8-way games to play until the break-in period is over, you ought to be fine.
Brewser:
I tried the rubber band hack and it didn't help much. I guess I will work on breaking them in. I have to wonder why these need to be broken in, in the first place? My son is really dissapointed and asked me why I switched the joysticks and I told him because these can do more, but he keeps crashing and gets upset.
It seems the problem on both of mine are moving the joystick up, it gets stuck. I know I said earlier that it was down, but I actually had to switch the connector to the right so I remapped everyting in Mame so really it is still up on the joystick. One joystick will go up for about a second and the other can get stuck going up for ever, you have to bump the joystick for it to center.
Kremmit:
--- Quote from: Brewser on July 04, 2005, 01:03:01 am ---One joystick will go up for about a second and the other can get stuck going up for ever, you have to bump the joystick for it to center.
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That sucks. I just got a pair of Midway 49s in the mail- haven't hooked them up yet, but just wiggling the handle around, I can see how that could happen. The grommet pulls the stick slowly, instead of snapping all the way back to center. Also, when the stick's almost at the center point, the grommet's barely flexed at all, which means it's not pulling the stick very hard to go that last little bit. If I wiggle my stick, it centers in one spot, but if I push it out and then let it come back in slow, I can see that the slider hasn't come quite all the way back to the point it rests in if I wiggle the stick. I suspect that's partly due to the grommet's weak pull near the center, and partly due to the little bit of slop between the slider and the white plastic actuator. In your case, the slider isn't moving quite far enough to keep from tripping the optics unless you bump the stick.
1UP was supposed to be getting some heavier-duty grommets for these sticks, for use with his Tron handles. A heavier duty grommet should provide faster and more positive centering, at the cost of making it take a little more arm strength to move the handle. You might message him and see if you can buy a set and see if they fix your problem.
In the meantime, try that deadzone thing. If your son's playing an 8-way game, Raw49 mode will probably perform acceptably, and the deadzone will neutralize the optic that's hanging your stick up.
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